UK gardening - petrol strimmers/brushcutters

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petrol strimmers/brushcutters

Smee

2007-06-22, 1:25 pm

Hello can anyone recommend a petrol strimmer or brushcutter that is
easy to start and strong enough to cope with a wild garden of hip high
weeds (we are talking groundelder here) and lots of bramble and
undergrowth. Need to keep cut back for kids. I am a not particluarly
strong woman but have managed a petrol strimmer with a harness
comfortably enough in the past. Starting is my main problem.

Also what is the difference between a strimmer and a brushcutter? Was
thinking about a Honda? Any thoughts?

Many thanks.
Smee

Bob Hobden

2007-06-22, 1:25 pm

"Smee" wrote ...
> Hello can anyone recommend a petrol strimmer or brushcutter that is
> easy to start and strong enough to cope with a wild garden of hip high
> weeds (we are talking groundelder here) and lots of bramble and
> undergrowth. Need to keep cut back for kids. I am a not particluarly
> strong woman but have managed a petrol strimmer with a harness
> comfortably enough in the past. Starting is my main problem.
>
> Also what is the difference between a strimmer and a brushcutter? Was
> thinking about a Honda? Any thoughts?
>
I like my little Husqvarna, most professionals use Stihl at work, but a
friend who is a professional gardener and into machinery bought himself a
Honda for his own use, easy starting, very well built and quiet because it's
a 4 stroke engine not a noisy 2 stroke like all the rest.
If you go to a proper Garden Machinery shop they will talk you through it
all and allow you to swing them about and try them for weight etc. Also you
may like to think about one where you can change heads from strimmer line to
brush cutter as it sounds like that is what you need now. :-(

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Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

len garden

2007-06-23, 5:25 pm

g'day smee,

the strimmers or line trimmers whatever, are for very light duty work
in the main probably fit nicely into the garden toy category.

brushcutters are the straight shaft models made to be versatile and do
lots of work reliably. but having said that don't buy any of this sort
of equipment from the discounters, for quality buy from the top range
makers ie.,. honda, kawasaki, echo, jonsered, shidaiwa etc.,. and buy
them from a specialist lawn equipment/ mower shop.

the honda is about the best on the market with its 4 stroke model a
machine that should do you well for a long time to come.

i have some hints on what to look for on our web page.

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:25:59 -0700, Smee <smiljaveris@hotmail.com>
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Emery Davis

2007-06-25, 9:25 am

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:25:59 -0700
Smee <smiljaveris@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello can anyone recommend a petrol strimmer or brushcutter that is
> easy to start and strong enough to cope with a wild garden of hip high
> weeds (we are talking groundelder here) and lots of bramble and
> undergrowth. Need to keep cut back for kids. I am a not particluarly
> strong woman but have managed a petrol strimmer with a harness
> comfortably enough in the past. Starting is my main problem.
>
> Also what is the difference between a strimmer and a brushcutter? Was
> thinking about a Honda? Any thoughts?
>
> Many thanks.
> Smee
>

Smee,

Echo is very easy to start. Also reliable. IMHO it has replaced Stihl as
the professionals choice. (Stihl is better for chainsaws, though).

I've had an Echo for about 5 years, never a problem, always starts the
first pull. Imagine Honda is also good kit.

The good news is that ground elder is very easy to clean up with a good
strimmer! ;)

-E
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